Judith Lawrence joins Women's Army Corps as first Pittsfield LPN
Judith Ann Lawrence of Pittsfield Mass begins Army training at Ft McClellan Alabama after swearing in as the first local licensed practical nurse to join the WAC program. She will train as a medical corpsman at Ft Sam Houston Texas and is expected to become Spec 5 after four months. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Lawrence and plans to pursue college courses with GI bill aid after service. She formerly worked at Pittsfield General Hospital.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Judith Ann Lawrence
Pittsfield
Mass
Women’s Army Corps
Army
Lawrence
WAC
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
Miss Lawrence
George F. Lawrence
Pittsfield General Hospital
Throwaway houses go too far in new idea
The writer ridicules throwaway houses and disposable home trends. She predicts a future where entire houses are swapped like furniture, abandoning roots and permanence. She questions the gendered push and warns of deep changes to family life and stability.
St Laurent Chains Dominate Paris Fashion Show
Paris reports Yves St Laurent’s winter collection features chain belts necklaces and handbags inspired by Coco Chanel. The show wowed press with bold looks including chain accents leather knickers leather coats and accor dion pleated dresses. Bright remarks followed as models wore short skirts and bold accessories signaling a Chanelesque total look.
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Paris
UPI
Yves St. Laurent
Coco Chanel
St. Laurent
Chanel
Yves
Yves St. Laurent’s
Homemade jelly tips for better results and safety
Homemakers share practical jelly making advice focusing on using fresh pectin and following directions, avoiding over stirring, and choosing under ripe fruit for better setting. Sealing jars correctly with hot jelly and careful parffin sealing helps prevent spoilage, while avoiding squeezing fruit bags reduces cloudiness.
The Feds as Consumers Allies and Jam Recipe
A reflective column defends federal agencies as consumer guardians from FTC actions on deceptive packaging to USDA meat scoring, FDA drug safety, and postal fraud busts. It notes government work while offering a nonpressed jam making recipe using berries or peaches and standard canning steps.
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Feds
G-men
T-men
FBI
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
USDA
Five Day Forecast for New England States
The UPI forecast says Northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island will have below normal temperatures over the next five days from Saturday through Wednesday. Daytime highs range from the 70s in northern areas to near 80 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with nighttime lows from the 50s to the 60s. Cooler conditions are expected by late Saturday or Sunday and only minor changes early next week. Precipitation totals over half an inch, with showers and thunderstorms Saturday and late Monday or Tuesday.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
U.S. Weather Bureau
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